of the great recession by early 2010, they had passed a major part of the president s domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed by global warming. democrats had already coalesced around the bill that was written by two democratic house members, then congressman henry waxman, and ed markey. in washington and around the country, that bill became known as the cap and trade bill. after a central provision in the legislation to put a cap or a limit on carbon emissions and businesses trade or sell their emissions excesses to each other. it wasn t the most far-reaching proposal that democrats were pushing for at the time, but it wasn t a half measure either. had it passed, the cap in trade bill would have been the single biggest legislative attempt under dressing c
it passed in spite of weeks of protests. new lap permits for borden shun only in cases of incest or. rape or if the fetus has a lethal anomaly. physicians would lose their licenses performing. portions the white house as it s another about a call step by republican legislators to take away women s reproductive rights and freedom input personal health care decisions in the hands of politicians rather than women and their doctors. meanwhile, in wisconsin, donald trump continue to push the big lie that he won the big election declaring this an except a week for his american first movement and marquette candidate that helped defeat. you probably saw that the trump endorsed candidates, like masters, easily won that nomination for the u.s. senate in arizona. terry lake won the nomination for arizona governor, to dixon won the nomination for michigan governor. john gibbs, great guy, defeated ryan or congressman peter meijer. peter my error. also new in texas, a jury added 45 p
conveniently ignoring that to our bill in fact lowers the deficit, and is completely paid for. we are watching every minute of what is happening on the senate floor. we re gonna have the latest for you in just a minute. also this hour, alex jones ordered to pay up and pay a big for his lies about sandy hook in the murder of innocent children. we are going to look at that story later had as well. we do as i said want to start in washington on capitol hill. where right now we are starting we are waiting that key vote on the inflation reduction act, a bill that has already seen some changes today as the senate parliamentarian rules that a cap on drug plate prices for the commercial market cannot be remain in the package. but some democrats are vowing to stick together in the face of what could be a challenging and very long amendment process. want to bring in nbc s giuliani strong capitol hill to talk to some of this. good to talk to you, once again julia. so bring us up to da
of the children killed. china has made a show of strength in the taiwan strait for a second day. the us has accused china of fundamentally irresponsible behaviour after beijing said it was stopping cooperation with the americans on a range of key issues including how of key issues, including how to tackle climate change. now on bbc news: take me to the opera. zeinab badawi finds out how the opera world is making itself fit for the future and what it takes to become a top opera star. i ve been an opera fan for decades, and i want to share my passion with you, so i m on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i ve come to munich to meet one of my all time opera heroes, the german tenor jonas kaufmann, who s widely viewed as the world s leading opera singer. he s a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. and that makes him really very special. but the pressures
suggests, tackles the current high inflation impacting marking pocketbooks. long term, it aims to lower prescription drug prices and a big one for progressives, addresses the climate crisis. it s the race to pass before the august recess begins. doing so could offer the boost they need to win the bet terms. here is senator schumer just last hour reinforcing the impact that the i.r.a. will have on americants the most. the time is not move forward with a big, bold package for the american people. again, this was a historic bill, this is store bill will reduce inflation, lower cost, for climate change. it is time to move this nation forward. the stage appears set for passing. all 50 democratic senators on board, including the critical support of arizona senator kristen sinema, who oked the bill after negotiating to drop a 14 billion dollar tax front increase on hedge fund managers and private the next step is overcoming republican roadblocks. here is democratic senator bri